Fort
4/5
Nizwa Fort
Nizwa Fort is Oman's most visited national monument, located in the historic oasis city of Nizwa. Built in 1650 by Sultan bin Saif Al Ya'rubi, the citadel is dominated by a colossal circular gun tower rising 100 feet high and spanning 150 feet in diameter. Engineered with formidable defensive traps including boiling date-syrup shafts and hidden trapdoors, the fort's dark subterranean passages harbor persistent legends of fallen defenders and phantom soldiers.